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Whitehaven Beach Sandbar

Whitehaven Beach’s sandbar is a remarkable natural formation composed of nearly pure silica sand. This unique compositio...

Australia Tourism Tidal Silica Sand

9.7 Brilliant

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Wayag Island Sandbar

Wayag Island features a remarkable sandbar system located within Indonesia’s Raja Ampat archipelago. The island group co...

Karst Indonesia Tidal Spectacular

9.7 Brilliant

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Hill Inlet Sandbar

Hill Inlet Sandbar is a unique coastal feature within the Whitsundays archipelago of Australia. The constantly shifting...

Australia Scenic Tidal Whitsundays

9.6 Brilliant

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Cayo de Agua

Cayo de Agua is a small island located within Venezuela’s Los Roques archipelago. It's recognized for its expansive sand...

Tropical Caribbean Tidal Venezuela

9.5 Brilliant

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Anse Source d'Argent Sandbar

Anse Source d’Argent is a renowned sandbar situated on the island of La Digue, Seychelles. Its remarkable feature is the...

Iconic Seychelles Granite Tidal

9.5 Brilliant

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Raja Ampat Sandbar

The Raja Ampat sandbar represents a significant coastal feature within the Indonesian archipelago of West Papua. These s...

Biodiversity Indonesia Tidal Pacific

9.5 Brilliant

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Misool Island Sandbar

The Misool Island Sandbar is a significant feature within Indonesia’s Raja Ampat marine reserve. These submerged sandbar...

Remote Indonesia Tidal Raja Ampat

9.4 Excellent

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Orford Ness

Orford Ness is the largest shingle spit in Europe, located in Suffolk, England, and was used as a classified military te...

England Suffolk Spit Shingle

8.5 Great

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Blakeney Point

Blakeney Point is a narrow shingle spit on the north Norfolk coast of England, managed by the National Trust and home to...

England Coastal Norfolk Spit

8.4 Great

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Spurn Head

Spurn Head is a narrow sand and shingle spit at the mouth of the Humber estuary in East Yorkshire, England, stretching r...

England Coastal Spit Humber

8.1 Great

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Scolt Head

Scolt Head is a barrier island off the north Norfolk coast, England, designated a National Nature Reserve and managed fo...

England Norfolk Barrier Spit

8.1 Great

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Sandbanks

Narrow sand peninsula enclosing Poole Harbour in Dorset, England, internationally noted for exceptionally high residenti...

England Coastal Spit Poole

7.7 Good

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Scolt Head Island sandbar

Scolt Head Island sandbar is a dynamic barrier feature off the north Norfolk coast, England, integral to the island's na...

England Coastal Norfolk Barrier

7.5 Good

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Kentish Knock

A sandbank in the outer Thames Estuary where the Battle of Kentish Knock was fought on 28 September 1652, an English nav...

Kent Tidal Offshore North Sea

7.1 Good

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Goodwin Sands

Goodwin Sands is a notorious 10-mile-long sandbar off the coast of Kent, England, historically responsible for thousands...

England Historic English Channel Tidal

5.9 Mediocre

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Broadstairs Knoll

A sandbank off Broadstairs, Kent, near the North Foreland headland, which marks the southern entrance to the Thames Estu...

Kent Tidal Offshore North Sea

5.7 Mediocre

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Dogger Bank

Dogger Bank is a vast submarine sandbank in the North Sea, historically notable as the upland region of Doggerland that...

England Historic Fishing North Sea

4.5 Poor

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Maplin Sands

Maplin Sands is a mudflat in the Thames Estuary in England, notable as the 1838 testing site for Alexander Mitchell's in...

England Historic Essex Tidal Flat

4.5 Poor

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The Nore

The Nore is a sandbank at the mouth of the River Thames in England, historically marking the limit of the Port of London...

England Historic Naval Tidal

4.2 Poor

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Long Sand (Thames Estuary)

Long Sand is a major sandbank in the Thames Estuary off the coast of England, serving as a navigational hazard that requ...

Navigation England Tidal North Sea

4.0 Poor